Brake



Patented Sept. 8,1925:

UNITE-D STATES i' rm yo m' HENRY w. LAVIGNE, on wononsrnn, mnssncncsnrrs, ASSIGNOR T As'sAr o.

ABxsALH, or wononsrnn, MASSACHUSETTS. I

To all whom BRAKE.

may COME/7b I Be it known that I, HENR'Y W. Lama's,

Worcester,

have invented a .new and useful Brake, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates-to an automobile brake.

The prl ncipal object of the inven- 1 tion is to provide a construction in which the wear on they operating part of the brake will not prevent the full action of the brake and the parts will not have to be replaced until greatly worn; also to improve the construction and durability.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a side View of a brake mechanism constructed in accordance with this invention and shown as applied to an automoe bile Fig. 2 is a plan of the necessary parts of the car and the brake mechanism; and

Fig. 3 is an end view of the brake shoe and expanding, part. As heretofore constructed, the brake shoe is expanded by means of a square shaft located between its ends and adapted to be turned for that purpose. When the corners of-this shaft are worn oif there is no way to make this brake again operative except by taking out the shaft and replacing it ordinarily.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an arrangement iii-which it will take much greater wear to render a brake inoperative than has been the case heretofore and in which the wear, even when it does getso bad as to destroy the value of;

the brake, can be taken up in a 'very simple way without replacing the main parts of "the brake operating mechanism. llhave shown the "invention as applied to "an ex- .pansible shoe 10 or an ordinary brake construotion without modifications except that the ends 11 of theshoe are extended so as to diverge andform a larger wedge-shaped space than has been the case heretofore.

For thepu apart, 1 pro selof forcingthe ends 11 a wedge12 of the same angle as the space between the ends. This wedge moves radially and it will be seen a citizen of the United States, residing at in the county of Worcester and V 5 State of Massachusetts,

that thelong slanting surfaces will stand a good deal more wear than. has been the case with the square shafts ordinarily used and that when this wedge does get so worn out that it is of no further use, it can be replaced by a new one without dismantling or throwing away anyof the parts except the wedge itself. For the latter purpose each wedge is mounted on a stud-13 fixed on an arm within the brake band and fixed to the end'of a transverse shaft. This shaft has'two arms 14: thereon each connected by a link 15 with a lever 17 pivoted on a shaft 16. One lever 17 is connected by a link 18 with a brake pedal 19'. If it is desired, the emergency brake lever 20 can also be connected .by a link 21 with the other lever 17 so that if70 there is not leverage ,enough in the foot pedal the two brakes can be applied more forcibly by means of the emergency brake lever.

Another provide a link 23 connected with the lower end of the emergency brake lever and connected by a lever'24: with another wedge 25 for operating froiit wheel brakes 26.

It will be seen that it will take more wear so to wear out these parts than has been the 'caseheretofore and that theycan be more easily-replaced so that it adds to the dura bility and reduces the cost ofrepairs.

-Although Ihave illustrated and described only a si'n 'le form of the invention, I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claim.

Therefore I do not-wish to be limited to all the details of construction. herein shown anddesoribed, but what I do claim is:-

In an automobile brake, the combination of two brake-shoes each having integral 'operating ends near each other. and diverging from each other inwardly towar the center of the wheel, a wedge located between the diverging ends of each brake shoe and -having substantially the same angle as the di- 1 0 addition that can be made is to 75 verging engls and movable? invvard between 'neously, a pair of arms fixedon said shaft,

a pair of links conn'eeted with said arms, a second transverse shaft, a air of levers freely .pivoted on the secon shaft, 21. foot brake lever connected with one of said levers fornoperating it and consequently operating 1 both brakes, and anv emergency hand lever connected with the other 'lever for operating it' and also operating both brakes. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

HENRY W. L AVI GNE. I 

